The gift of hope
©Toppy,1998.
Two distinct voices called out in the rain
Surly things will have to end
God your mind's gone round the bend
Have you ever heard the whores
Praising you in song
Seen the forgotten pilgrims
Left alone to score
Don't you see it
Won't you believe it
And a word is etched upon our souls
An imprint of an untold truth
Burns us along corridors of collapsing time
Siege of worms
I'm not alone
Why do I strive for the toil
When the secrets are hidden in the soil
Resolutions & reasons pass me by
Can't complete them
Can't even f*cking see them
And so hope comes at last
Pale and killed by reality
Without a friend in this whole world
With no love from which to breath
Can't make it out alive
And there's really no place to hide
Can't conceal it
Your time is now up
And the voices
No longer speak to you no more
They no longer speak
Nightmoves
©Toppy,1998.
I was clumsy
Sullenly driven to bed
Drawn and quartered
From the minds sky
I had a conversation with God
And he put me on hold
The Musak in my ears
Played out the latest of his hymns
Denied a break from my solitude
I started a short course in self abuse
But repetitive lust was too much for me
So I slowed down and turned on the TV
A slow death was not meant for me
With blaringly stupid American comedy
A certain lack of expertise
Meant a short trip to the latrine
Homicidal Jesus Cat
Is here to stay
Hold him to our hearts
And we will pay with pain
BROTHEL
©Toppy,1998.
Brothel of my love
Don't leave me empty
Don't you see me calling
For you to turn a trick again
Set of to the party
With my escort in tow
Didn't want to face the truth
Didn't want to be alone
But my change isn't good enough
Once the dollars are spent
Your off to someone else's bed
And I am left with soggy sheets
But I know come payday
You shall be mine again
Your all to much for this old man
When you pull upon my chain
To those who do believe
©Toppy,1998.
I can only guess at what you've seen
When you tell me tales of life's little mysteries
I have to question if that where you've really been
Talking to birds and sowing seeds
That's all there is and nothing will please
So why are you waiting to get up off your knees
With a conscience that is free
Giving eyes that truly see
But can you still tell in your heart
If it's the truth or just a farce
Will it pay from within the mist
Is there even a right and wrong
Is it to late
Am I to burn
Is this what I
Worked hard to earn
Die within
©Toppy,1998.
Let them flail the skin from your body
Let them carve your flesh from your bones
Feel you structure lose it's strength
Feel the pain that has no rage
Within life's nature a war is waged
(Chorus)
Die within
For all to see
Life's a mess
With a bodies that's been
You can't stop it now
Organs rupture
Feel time's kick
Don't you feel the shame
Doesn't it just make you sick
Grinding away senses with brutal tease
Stealing away life's brittle memories
Grating on nerves with dry flaming ice
Taking away mortal control of a man
Dribbling away the last of life's plan.
Strip away meat and suck away the marrow
Draw away life's little sinful drugs
Crush an immortal man into a sterile boy
Drag him screaming to a silent place
So that death comes with disgrace
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